New battery

For best results you need to register a new car battery so the car doesn't over or under charge it.

Cost me over £200 at a dealer but it's done right.
 
Maniac said:
For best results you need to register a new car battery so the car doesn't over or under charge it.

Cost me over £200 at a dealer but it's done right.
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OR.. You could buy Carly and the adaptor for £50 odd, and code the battery with that, and have it for future use :)

Mike
 
I think the Carly solution has an additional cost for battery registration. I am pretty sure the Delphi system I have will register a new battery. (Delphi DS150)
 
Register a battery, didn't know this?
I bought and fitted a new one last year and haven't (yet!) had any problems.

Can anything go badly wrong if it's not 'Registered'?
 
cerbera said:
Register a battery, didn't know this?
I bought and fitted a new one last year and haven't (yet!) had any problems.

Can anything go badly wrong if it's not 'Registered'?
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I think you can wreck your new battery pretty quickly. I've seen a couple of threads started by people who didn't get the battery registered who ended up with the new batteries failing really quickly or not charging correctly and going flat.
You also need to make sure the battery is the same type and rating. Registering the battery just tells the car a new battery has been fitted and the charging profile needs adjusting. If the battery type or rating has changed you need to do more advanced programming to tell the car of the modification.

I wouldn't recommend Carly. The app is one big con. You have to pay for the initial app, they then make sure it only works with a certain adapter that they charge a fortune for and then for anything other than basic coding they charge you even more via in-app purchases.

The app itself also has a track record of bricking your FRM module. This can happen with any programming interface but for some reason it's really common with Carly users. Pretty expensive to rectify too!

Cheapest solution is to use INPA on your laptop. Simplest solution is just get a good independent to fit a new battery and register it.
 
i must be lucky as mine is 12 months and 8,000 miles old. (Not that batteries do mileage but you get the picture.)

Queue dead battery next time I use the Zed tho' :lol:
 
Just found an alternative way of registering the new battery.

If you have a laptop and a K+DCAN cable then this software will do it for free; http://bimmersoftware.com/BMWLogger-2

That would be a lot easier than installing INPA and navigating the German menus.
 
i read that if the new battery is of the same rating its ok to 'plug and play'
Until that's verified i probably wouldn't risk cooking a new £200 's worth!
 
SpiketheBike said:
Local Indy installing and registering Friday. £189
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It's still a wacky price for a battery tho!
What price progress from an ordinary lead acid battery - what are the advantages of the new AGM battery types?
 
My battery was 7 years old, still going strong but changed erroneously when I had a boot closing problem, thought a new battery might solve the problem.
Turned out to be defective wiring in manufacture.
I have rarely seen an after market lead battery last more than two years in the old cars I have had in the past, all daily drives.
With all the electrical stuff in this car, peace of mind given by the new battery and seemed to run slightly better.
£165 fitted and coded Halfords.

And similarly my motorbike has a Lucas gel battery, I know it to be at least 3 years old.
Sits all winter outside, for months and still starts.
Normal battery usually dead as soon as it went flat and sulphated.
So things are improving.
 
The last lead I bought was 5 years ago, about £50, with a two year warranty, they knowing the battery would die at 26th months!
The AA and RAC was built on replacing batteries, that might be coming to an end.
 
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